Dearborn, MI / Irvine, CAInteriors

- 2022: Fluid Truck won Deloitte's Technology #Fast500 list for fastest-growing company in North America: #1 in Colorado & #9 in North America with 9,899% growth- Responsible for direct & indirect spend for 6.5k+ commercial vehicles in 60+ markets including replacement parts, vehicle upfits, decals, etc.- Lead national account contract & price negotiation and implementation- Developed a formal sourcing process, assisted with the internal tool development and managed a team- Lead strategic sourcing projects; ex. vehicle telematics & vertical integration of replacement keys

- Supply and cost lead for MP ramp of 5 iPhones (ex. 13 SE) & 5 Watch pgms including the launch of the Watch Ultra for the Speaker and Receiver Modules- Manage supply and cost for an additional 12 sustaining iPhone and 7 Watch pgms

- Responsible for $500M to ramp a new technology for Display/Optics EQ- Global Supply Manager for future display technology program for CapEx Equipment- Lead contract/price negotiation, cost management, capacity & demand planning and schedule execution- Cost Program Manager for Apple Vision Pro (VR Headset) running weekly VP of Display cost reviews- 2021 Mini LED MacBook Pro: improved equipment vendor supply plan by 5 wks

MacBook Touch Bar | Touch and Display Modules- Lead for ramp of MacBook Pro 15” (‘19), 3 MacBook Pros 13” (‘20) & managed all sustaining programs- Lead supplier forecasts, quarterly price negotiation, constraint resolution, capacity/demand planning and execution of prototype/engineering to mass production builds- Visited 6 supplier plants in Asia; Shanghai, Xiamen, Shenzen, Dongguan, Wuhan & Seoul- Protected supply & cost during the peak of critical COVID-19 pandemic challenges

Responsible Deck Annual Purchase Value: $865M• Sourced $376M APV using competitive bid and single source RFQ’s in 2019CY for Jeep, Ram and Dodge• Responsible for optimizing the global commodity strategy following the Takata bankruptcy• Negotiate long term commercial price savings with our strategic suppliers

Responsible Deck Annual Purchase Value: $501M• Global Purchasing Lead Buyer for FCA Head Restraints and Armrests, responsible for developing the Global Commodity Strategy as well as leading all NAFTA sourcing activities• Senior Buyer for Seat JIT - Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler• Strategically source and manage supplier relationships to support FCA objectives including quality, technical capability and cost competitiveness• Negotiate long term commercial price savings with our strategic suppliers • Directly supervised a Student Buyer and an Intern, responsible for hiring, projects, weekly reviews and PLM’s• Visited 14 supplier assembly plant locations, including Mexico, in 2018 CY

Responsible Assembly Plants: Toluca, Mexico and Sterling Heights, MI• Manage capacity, constraints, supplier releases and critical shortage situations for 19K parts• Strategically problem solve with suppliers to avoid plant shutdown situations and to break constraints• Key lead for the all new 2017 Jeep Compass (MP) launch for part availability, supplier capacity, and buildable gateline sequence• Manage OSS system constraints to create a buildable sequenced plant production schedule• Negotiate and approve supplier payment for premium transportation, overtime and banking costs ($1M)• Develop relationships with the suppliers, validate supplier releases and support release accuracy• SCM lead responsible for Evans Warehouse banking presenting quarterly to the VP; 30% YoY savings & supported production for 35k vehicles

Manage 14 nameplates across the entire international market. My plants include Brampton, Conner,Saltillo Van, Melfi, Serbia, Venezuela & Egypt.Responsible for the international demand submission, order risk balance out, approved volume implementation and analysis of the demand forecast to maintain approved month's supply levels by country & BMCPOS.Lead for the demand planning process for FIAT built vehicles. This includes support for the demand planning tool, demand submission process, FIAT and Chrysler system interface, vehicle configuration data, FIAT/Chrysler vehicle specification translation and approved volume implementation.Lead for several reporting efficiency, improved data analytics and process improvement projects. This has required training in VBA, Essbase and Visio.